An attorney on Long Island was recently arrested. As I saw a video of his “perp walk” and read that he’s been suspended from practicing law, I recalled an encounter with him 20-some years ago.

This corpulent lout seemed to use his immense girth to deliberately slam me out of the way as I was going into an office building he was exiting. I tumbled over and my briefcase landed on my head. As struggled to get up with any dignity, I yelled “Hey!” He never looked back.

A woman offered me a helping hand and told me his name. She said, “He’s done that before.” When I related the story to the bank attorney at the closing, he said, “You should see him in court. If you sit in ‘his’ seat, he’ll drop his briefcase on your foot and stick his gigantic stomach in your face.”

He looks like he’s much thinner now than when he sent me down for the count, but his rap sheet appears to be growing plumper.